Fig. 1.
XRD patterns of Zn1-xCoxO samples within (a) 30°-80°,(b) 30°-40°.
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Yongde Hao, Legui Zhou, Jun Li, Zuoqi Hu. Structural, morphological and magnetic properties of Zn1-xCoxO prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal method combined[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(11): 113002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/11/113002
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Y D Hao, L G Zhou, J Li, Z Q Hu. Structural, morphological and magnetic properties of Zn1-xCoxO prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal method combined[J]. J. Semicond., 2016, 37(11): 113002. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/11/113002.
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Structural, morphological and magnetic properties of Zn1-xCoxO prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal method combined
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/11/113002
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Abstract
Cobalt-doped ZnO powder samples were prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal method combined. The prepared powder samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). XRD patterns show that all the samples have a single pure phase with wurtzite structure suggesting that Co2+ occupied Zn2+ sites in the ZnO crystal lattice. SEM images show that crystal grains of cobalt-doped ZnO are hexagonal cone or spheroidal. EPR pattern shows that all of the samples possess oxygen vacancy. Measurement of magnetism indicates that all the samples exhibit room temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) embedded in a dominant diamagnetic or paramagnetic signal. The dominant signal turns from diamagnetic to paramagnetic with the increase of Co concentration. The magnetic behavior can attribute to defects and Co doping.-
Keywords:
- ZnO,
- dilute magnetic semiconductor,
- ferromagnetism,
- sol-gel,
- hydrothermal method
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